The study of perception and the role of the senses have recently risen to prominence in philosophy and are now a major area of study and research. However, the

A Collection of Classic and Contemporary Articles on the Philosophy of the Senses --

Before his death in 2003, Bernard Williams planned to publish a collection of historical essays, focusing primarily on the ancient world. This posthumous volume

Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New Yo

Taste, perhaps the most intimate of the five senses, has traditionally been considered beneath the concern of philosophy, too bound to the body, too personal an